User:Oceanflynn/sandbox/Emergency medical services in Alberta

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Emergency medical services in Alberta (Alberta EMS) in the Canadian province of Alberta refers to emergency services including transport and treatment of serious injuries or illness prior to definitive hospital care, such as life-saving stabilisation. In Alberta, EMS are covered under the Health Quality Council of Alberta Act{{sfn|Cowell|2013}} and report to the provincial Minister of Health.{{sfn|Alberta Health Services|n.d.}} Emergency medical services in Alberta is part of the Edmonton-based Alberta Health Services, Alberta's single health authority which is the "largest integrated provincial health care system" in Canada. EMS is an integral part of AHS delivered on behalf of the provincial Government of Alberta Ministry of Health{{sfn|Alberta Health|n.d.}} Alberta's population, which was 4,480,486 as of January 1, 2022 includes rural areas and 119 small, medium and large population centres.{{sfn|Statistics Canada|2021}}{{efn|Statistics Canada defines rural areas as those outside a population centre (POPCTR) which have "at least 1,000 and a population density of 400 persons or more per square kilometre." Population centres can be small—1,000 and 29,999, medium—30,000 and 99,999, or large—100,000 or more.}} Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Red Deer are census metropolitain areas with over 100,000 inhabitants. By 2022, there were 5,600 EMS professionals working for Alberta Health Services. The EMS reports to AHS and to the Minister of Health Jason Copping with Mauro Chies serving as interim AHS President and CEO.

Overview
Part I and Part 2 of the article "EMS in Canada" in the journal Emergency Medical Services The final 2013 248-page report of the Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) entitled "Review of Operations of Ground Emergency Medical Services in Alberta" in Accordance with Section 15 (1) of the Health Quality Council of Alberta Act.

Government ambulance service
Includes both ground-ambulance services and air ambulance services.

Fire- or police-linked service
"THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties request that Alberta Health Services (AHS) provide compensation to municipalities when fire departments are dispatched to respond to emergency calls by the Emergency Medical System 911 dispatcher; FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that an independent review of Alberta 911 procedures takes place to ensure the 911 system is operating efficiently between police, fire, and emergency medical services.

Private ambulance service
Aaron Paramedical Services offer private ambulance services in Calgary, Edmonton, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge.

EMS practitioners
Under the Health Professions Act Paramedics Profession Regulation, there are 3 designations of practitioners able to practise in Alberta: Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Primary Care Paramedic (PCP), and Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP)

Paramedic
Paramedics are regulated by the Alberta College of Paramedics.

Air ambulance
STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) Air Ambulance), provides helicopter air ambulances services in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba with no charges. STARS is funded partially through "public donations and government grants."